Trust

We’ve all lived with emotions for so long that we take it for granted that we know what they are — but do we? We may think they simply happen in out bodies and are beyond our control. They may seem to be entirely self-generated — just something that arises, unbidden. But are they, really? We may think of emotions as identical to feelings, and indeed, we often use the two words interchangeably. But are feelings and emotions exactly the same? And what is the role of sensations in the arising of feelings? Or of emotions? The best description I’ve seen is this one....